Dirt bike riders!If you, or anyone you know, have been riding dirt bikes in Mark Twain National Forest near Misty Mountain Acres I have contacted the Forest Service about it. If you had the courtesy to stay on the trails and not ride anywhere you can, through the woods, you'd have never rode past me while I was trying to bow hunt. I was given a number to call 24/7 so anytime I hear dirt bikes in the MTNF near Misty Mountain Acres I'm going to immediately call.

Kevin Hillman is set to take the helm of the Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (MAPA). Hillman, who is the Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney, will lead the Association that represents Missouri’s prosecutors over the next year. “There have been many calls for reform of the criminal justice system over the past several years,” said Hillman. "Prosecutors have led the way for many of those reforms, including revising the criminal code, recordin...

For those of you looking for the “new or unusual” as we report in some of these articles, this week may seem a little mundane for readers seeking something exciting. Not that newsworthy incidents did not occur in this County last week but I try to avoid being redundant regarding drugs and crime.

In some ways were are fortunate that no major incidents have occurred recently, due to the lack of manpower this agency has been dealing with over the past two mont...

GRAVES KING SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE HOME INVASION AND DEATH OF JAMES DUNHAM IN JUNE 2013

Kevin Hillman, Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney, announces that Graves King of St. Robert pled guilty on Friday in Scott County, on a change of venue from Pulaski County, to the charges of Burglary in the First Degree and Receiving Stolen Prop...

Beginning the week of August 17th, the Pulaski County area experienced over one dozen heroin overdoses within a 10 day period, in which it is suspect that three deaths in Richland and Waynesville were caused by heroin.

A multi-agency initiative was implemented to identify the sources from which this deadly heroin was coming from, and terminate their operations. A small, strike-team quickly located possible suspects throughout the County,...

JEFFERSON CITY – Just two-and-a-half years after the completion of the most intense bridge program in the state’s history, the number of critical-condition bridges in Missouri is growing again.

After the latest round of bridge inspections, the number of bridges in critical need of attention has risen to 641 – 50 more than a year ago. State Bridge Engineer Dennis Heckman says that trend is likely to continue.

“The Sheriff’s View” (#134) “The Sheriff’s View” (#134) Usually it is a law enforcement agency that is clearing traffic congestion from an auto collision or some type of incident, but instead on Thursday evening your Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD) seemed to be creating such in downtown Waynesville. Pedestrians and drivers all slowed for a few moments of gawking time when passing by the Courthouse at around 5:45 PM, upon observing a lawn full of law enforcement employees. Most were probably an...

SHAWN GREEN FOUND GUILTY OF PRODUCTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AND POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE PRECURSORS Kevin Hillman, Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney, announces that after a two day jury trial in Phelps County, on a change of venue from Pulaski County, Shawn Green of Waynesville was found guilty as charged on all four counts.

If I tried really hard I could probably tell you the exact date and time it began, as last week ended a five month long State audit for all Pulaski County offices, including the Sheriff’s Department. I must admit that the Auditors were very thorough in their duties and left no stones unturned, but the process was time consuming and tedious. Every county in Missouri is audited by the State every four years and this just happened to be our turn.